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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 79211 m/e 11/1944
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3187 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63187 4w/e 22/01/1949
British Railways 90508 m/e 09/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2307
Works Number 5154
To Service During 11/1944
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962
Service Life 18 yrs, 1 mth , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1964 at Central Wagon Co. (Wigan)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1944
COL   Colchester w/e 03/04/1948
31B   March 4w/e 20/10/1951
40B   Immingham 4w/e 24/10/1953
40E   Langwith Junction 5w/e 23/04/1955
30A   Stratford 5w/e 17/12/1955
41F   Mexborough w/e 14/05/1960
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC THJ Thornton Junction 4w/e 23/03/1946
STOCK EFD Eastfield w/e 30/03/1946
ALLOC MAR March on 29/11/1946
ALLOC COL Colchester w/e 03/04/1948
ALLOC 31B March w/e 20/10/1951
ALLOC 40B Immingham 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 40E Langwith Junction 4w/e 26/03/1955
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 03/12/1955
ALLOC 41F Mexborough 4w/e 14/05/1960
WDN   on 29/12/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1945 Austerities It is reported that 500 Austerity 2-8-0 locomotives are to be returned from the Continent and put into traffic on the British Railways, and it will be seen from the L.N.E.R notes, that some have arrived already. Those sent to March arrived with their packing in position and did not apear to have been in traffic overseas. It is believed that considerable dumps of these engines exist in this state and it is not impossible that the whole 500 have been surplus in this manner. We understand that the L.N.E.R. will receive 120 of them.
280 locos. of this class have been sold to the Netherlands State Railways. Belgium: Locomotives are allocated as follows: Merelbeke: 70877, 77079, 77178, 77289, 77381/8, 77292, 77468, 78528/77/84, 79222/30(Merelbeke). Ostend: 70864, 77278/8314, 78519/27/60/1/4/89(Ostend). Tournai: 77095, 77285, 77447, 79211(Tournai). Louven: 70823(Louven). Brussells (Midi): 70865(Brussels Midi). Ghent Zee-Haven: 75002/3/82, 75136(Ghent Zee-Haven). Schaerbeck: 71491, 75055(Schaerbeck). Stored at Ostend (6/45): 70865. 77021/31/7/69/82, 77117/51/4/6/75/83/9/91, 77236, 77344, 78527/64/89, 78619, 79238/46/51. The last-mentioned six are N.B. 25325/50/80 and V.F. 5181/9/94, all 1944.		 SLS/194602

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 79211
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5154		    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3187    
03/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (COL)    
22/01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 63187    
09/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90508    
20/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
24/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
23/04/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Langwith Junction (40E)    
17/12/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
14/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (41F)    
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 90508    
01/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Central Wagon Co.: Wigan    

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